diff --git a/app/discord.py b/app/discord.py
index f21482d..dfb9ce2 100644
--- a/app/discord.py
+++ b/app/discord.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ async def send_to_discord(title: str, video_url: str, summary: str) -> None:
 
     payload = {"embeds": [embed]}
 
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
         resp = await client.post(settings.discord_webhook_url, json=payload)
         resp.raise_for_status()
 
@@ -131,5 +131,5 @@ async def send_error_to_discord(
 
     payload = {"embeds": [embed]}
 
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
         await client.post(settings.discord_webhook_url, json=payload)
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 135b121..2a237bd 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 from app.config import settings
 from app.discord import send_error_to_discord, send_to_discord
 from app.summarizer import summarize
-from app.transcript import extract_video_id, fetch_transcript
+from app.transcript import SkipVideo, extract_video_id, fetch_transcript
 
 app = FastAPI(title="News Summary Bot")
 
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ async def summarize_video(
         transcript = fetch_transcript(video_id)
         summary = summarize(transcript, title)
         await send_to_discord(title, req.video_url, summary)
+    except SkipVideo as e:
+        return {"status": "skipped", "title": title, "reason": str(e)}
     except Exception as e:
         await send_error_to_discord(title, req.video_url, e)
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
diff --git a/app/transcript.py b/app/transcript.py
index 292866b..9cc152f 100644
--- a/app/transcript.py
+++ b/app/transcript.py
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@ import yt_dlp
 COOKIES_SRC = "/app/cookies.txt"
 
 
+class SkipVideo(Exception):
+    """라이브/쇼츠 등 요약 대상이 아닌 영상."""
+
+
 def extract_video_id(url: str) -> str:
     """YouTube URL에서 video ID 추출."""
+    if "/shorts/" in url:
+        raise SkipVideo("쇼츠 영상은 요약 대상이 아닙니다")
     if "youtu.be/" in url:
         return url.split("youtu.be/")[1].split("?")[0]
     if "v=" in url:
@@ -25,6 +31,7 @@ def fetch_transcript(video_id: str) -> str:
         "skip_download": True,
         "quiet": True,
         "no_warnings": True,
+        "socket_timeout": 30,
     }
 
     if os.path.isfile(COOKIES_SRC):
@@ -39,6 +46,9 @@ def fetch_transcript(video_id: str) -> str:
         if "cookiefile" in ydl_opts:
             os.unlink(ydl_opts["cookiefile"])
 
+    if info.get("is_live") or info.get("live_status") in ("is_live", "is_upcoming"):
+        raise SkipVideo("라이브/예정 영상은 요약 대상이 아닙니다")
+
     subs = info.get("automatic_captions", {})
     lang = "ko" if "ko" in subs else "en" if "en" in subs else None
     if not lang:
@@ -53,7 +63,7 @@ def fetch_transcript(video_id: str) -> str:
     if not sub_url:
         raise ValueError(f"json3 자막 포맷을 찾을 수 없습니다: {video_id}")
 
-    resp = httpx.get(sub_url)
+    resp = httpx.get(sub_url, timeout=30.0)
     resp.raise_for_status()
     data = resp.json()